Interview · moment 12 of 37
Bycatch, Moby Dick, and Whale History
from The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356 · #356
2 min
Guest
They discuss shark bycatch in gill nets, taxidermied sharks as wall mounts, and pivot into the true whaling history behind Moby Dick and the Essex sinking.
- So much of the sharks are killed by bycatch in gill nets anyway, and they're all ground up with no fins on them—it's a pointless industry.
- Tim argues the reason people keep shark fishing going is for Facebook likes, and he's positioning himself as a voice questioning why we do it at all.
- Fifty years ago the whole world got together and decided to stop killing whales—why can't we do the same with sharks?
- People thought whales were mindless monsters until the whale stopped, turned around, and rammed the boat twice—and it happened to the captain again, shipwrecking him twice.
- Tim argues we exempt sharks from criticism for their behavior by calling them apex predators rather than holding them responsible when they attack people.
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